Poland From Partitions to EU Accession: A Modern Economic History, 1772–2004

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
 Introduction: From the “Little Divergence” to Successful EU Integration: Towards Economic History of Modern Poland  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 1-33
 The View from Afar: The Polish Economy Between the Golden Age and the Partitions (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 35-41
 The Age of Enlightenment Reforms and Partitions of Poland: Economy and Politics in the Late Eighteenth Century (1772–1795)  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 43-75
 Between the Consolidation from Above and the Fragmentation of the State: Partitions, Duchy of Warsaw and Polish Lands After the Congress of Vienna (1795–1830)  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 77-114
 On the Peripheries of the Modern Western World: Delayed Social Reforms and Unfinished Industrial Revolution (1830–1870)  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 115-149
 The Dawn of Modern Economic Growth: Period of Late Industrialization (1870–1914)  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 151-194
 The Window of Opportunity: Polish Lands During the Great War (1914–1921)  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 195-205
 A Moment of Independence: Reconstruction and Economic Development of the Second Republic of Poland (1918/21–1939)  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 207-253
 Under the Nazi and Soviet Rule: Polish Lands During World War II (1939–1945)  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 255-264
 Communist Modernization? Economic Development of Poland Under State Socialism (1945–1989)  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 265-319
 In Pursuit of the Western World: Poland Between the Transition and the EU Accession (1989–2004)  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 321-345
 Conclusion: Two Centuries of Catching-up to the West  (Piotr Koryś)....Pages 347-363
Back Matter ....Pages 365-390